Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Gautam Rajadhyaksha

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Gautam Rajadhyaksha Profile

  • Name:
  • Gautam Rajadhyaksha
  • Born:
  • September 16, 1950
  • Died:
  • September 13, 2011

Gautam Rajadhyaksha Biography

Gautam Rajadhyaksha was one of India’s ace lens men whose only passion was photography. He was one of the leading fashion photographers based on Mumbai and has been associated with many leading actors of Bollywood. A celebrity portraitist, Gautam has captured almost all cine artists of Hindi film industry with his camera. He is also known for identifying the talents of many Indian models like Sheetal Mallar, who went on to become one of the top rated super models of mid 1990’s. He passed away on September 13, 2011 aged 60. He is the cousin of famous lady novelist - Shobha De.

 

He was born in Mumbai in 1950. He completed his education from Mumbai itself. After graduating in chemistry he started his career as a faculty and worked as a teacher for two years. Then he completed diploma in advertising and public relations and joined the leading advertising agency, Lintas India Ltd in 1974 where he worked in the photo section. He completed 15 years with this leading firm and went on to become the head of this department. Though he was active in his professional career, side by side he carried his passion of photography as well.

 

In the year 1980, his life turned a ‘U’ turn when he ventured into portraiture photography and took photographs of leading film actors like Shabana Azmi, Tina Munim and Jackie Shroff. He knew Shabana Azmi earlier, as they studied together at college.  He gave up his advertising job in 1987 and switched on to commercial photography. Very soon he became one of the leading fashion photographers of the country. As a glamour photographer, he remained in limelight. Apart from photography, he has also released coffee table book, titled FACES which contained profles of 45 film personalities. As a fashion photographer, he has worked with leading film magazines like Filmfare and Stardust.

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Updated: April 16, 2014

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